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drill bit, make an access hole in the front panel, near the top (so the young are out of reach of predators). Blue and coal tits need a 25mm hole, great tits 28mm, sparrows 32mm.Attach the lid by nailing the rubber hinge, and drill drainage holes

working alone. As well as cautious humans removing them from allotment sheds, the nests are also prone to flooding, mould and disturbance from predators. The queen will have to look elsewhere for another suitable site. With luck she will now find a hollow

). For now, the important thing to remember is that frogs, toads, hedgehogs and birds can all help the gardener in the battle against slugs and snails, but if you don't have pests to feed these welcome predators they're not going to take up residence

their ability to suddenly flex thorax and abdomen, jerking themselves into an airborne tumble with an audible snap. This is a very good escape strategy, startling any would-be predator and hopping themselves off to hide in the herbage.I have a fond memory

!Slugs are everywhere, although they hide away pretty well until my back is turned, then come out in force to feed. By sheltering during the day and emerging under cover of darkness, they escape my attention as well as that of many wildlife predators. The occasional

predators into your plot, but what if pests are running riot and there are no ladybirds in sight? Biological pest control companies provide a useful option by selling adult ladybirds to release onto your pest ridden plants, and we'll have some of stage

yellow in another local park. But I saw this as a telling remark, that even he was more interested in the pretty but ultimately trivial observation of a fleetingly migrant butterfly, than the eco-genocide of a colony of nearly-top predators.

the cold and rainy conditions, our gardens make fantastic lizard habitats, especially if there are places for them to bask in the sun and hide from predators.A dry stone wall makes an ideal habitat, but a log pile, or even stone or log path, can be just

of the rest of the time they try to get away from the water, which attracts herons and other predators, so the last thing they want is to be dumped back in it at some inappropriate time of the year.The dried out wrinkly skin is fine too. It's their normal

, so if you can save these jobs for spring, you'll probably help to increase numbers of these insects in your garden. They'll be more of them about to breed next spring and summer, so - theoretically at least - more food for their predators, including